Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Grace."

"I still prefer you to call me sister," Grace said, then turned her attention back to the auction.

The auction continued, and the last Elephant Mushroom sold for 7000 gold coins.

I earned over 4 gold coins from just 5 plants; that's incredibly profitable.

Soon it was time for the auction of the protective shield that Xu Jiawei had her eye on. Xu Jiawei had no hope for it; if the auction price exceeded the total amount of money she had, she would have to give up.

"The next item is a city shield, which can not only protect against rain, wind, and snow, but also resist monster attacks. Unlike other shields, this shield has a slight temperature regulation function. The starting bid is 10 gold coins, and each bid must be at least 100 gold coins."

Seeing that everyone was very quiet, Xu Jiawei wondered what was wrong. Was there a problem? But she desperately needed this protective shield, so she held up a sign that read "10".

There was still no one to compete with Xu Jiawei.

"10 gold coins once, 10 gold coins twice, 10 gold coins three times, sold!"

Xu Jiawei simply took a picture of the protective shield, but why?

"Little friend, only lords can afford protective shields, and now every city has one. They'll only consider replacing it when the core of the shield is damaged beyond repair. This item has already failed to sell three times," Grace explained from the side.

I see. No wonder no one is competing with me. Although this protective shield is a necessity, one can last a long time.

In Xu Jiawei's opinion, the people here are not ruthless enough. If this were on Earth, those capitalists would dare to set the shelf life to two years, making people change their protective shields every two years.

"Thank you, sister. I thought this protective cover needed to be replaced frequently."

Grace patiently explained to Xu Jiawei: "In the past, we did replace them frequently. Some unscrupulous manufacturers would deliberately shorten their lifespan. This situation only changed when some capable manufacturers formed a union and issued a ban. However, the price of the protective shields has also increased significantly."

"Would those heartless people agree to this?" Xu Jiawei asked.

"There's nothing we can do if you disagree. After all, the union's protective shield can be guaranteed to last for 50 years without needing to be replaced. It just needs maintenance, and those shields that break down quickly will disappear just as fast." Grace was nothing like the eccentric temperament that Kim had described; on the contrary, she was very patient.

Xu Jiawei couldn't understand how such a good person could be associated with someone with a strange temper.

"Sister, you're such a kind person."

Grace seemed to have heard something interesting. "Little friend, you're the first person to say I'm a good person."

Xu Jiawei still had attribute mushrooms that hadn't been auctioned off. After waiting for a long time, Xu Jiawei also took the opportunity to bid on a teleportation token, which cost her 10,000 gold coins.

Finally, we arrived at the last item for auction.

"The final, most impressive item is a new attribute crop cultivated by a master, which has been certified by an appraiser as usable three times."

A gasp and whispers immediately erupted from the audience.

"As agreed by our auction house, the entire set will be auctioned off directly. This means that if you win the bid, you will gain 12 attribute points. The starting price is 50,000 gold coins, and each bid must be at least 100 gold coins higher."

"6 gold coins!"

"7 gold coins! Who dares to compete with me for that?" Raylian shouted.

This time, no one backed down, after all, the idea of ​​selling complete sets of attribute crops might never be seen again!

"8 gold coins."

"85,000 gold coins."

......

The bidding was fierce, but the number of bids decreased as the auction progressed.

"15 gold coins." Grace calmly raised her sign.

"16 gold coins." Relian grinned maliciously. After all, Grace would definitely bid for it. This woman was searching like a madwoman to increase her attributes, and his chance for revenge had arrived.

17.

"18 million!"

Grace raised her paddle again: "19."

"20." Lerian's smile was incredibly smug.

Although Grace was very rich, she didn't want to be ripped off by Raylian. "Little boy, can I buy a set of this for myself?"

Xu Jiawei looked at Grace, who was leaning closer, and said, "Of course, I can give you a set."

Grace leaned back lazily in her chair. "Oh, so you're trying to bribe me? But if I don't have the talent, I won't accept it."

Seeing that she had been seen through, Xu Jiawei remained calm and said, "How could I possibly bribe you? I would be satisfied if I could just learn a move or two from you."

Grace raised her voice slightly: "Then why don't you say it's a bribe?"

"Of course not, I said no, and that's final." Xu Jiawei's side was all calm, but at this moment, Lei Lian was very uneasy.

That's why that woman came, so why isn't she bidding?

Grace smiled and waved her hand: "Relian, I won't compete with you anymore, you can have it."

Raylian felt a boom in his head, and then he fainted. Before he passed out, he was still wondering why the woman had stopped bidding.

Raylian didn't have enough money with him, so he ended up giving the auction house a lot of potions to pay back the money, but that's another story.

After the auction ended, Xu Jiawei headed backstage. As she turned a corner, Jin Jian approached her with a broad smile. "Master Xu, congratulations! I didn't expect it to fetch such a high price."

"Congratulations on your promotion, Manager Jin," Xu Jiawei said.

"Oh, it's nothing, just so-so," Jin Jian said, but she couldn't help feeling a little proud. Before, the funds she managed for the branch were only a little over ten thousand gold coins. Now, she could easily handle hundreds of thousands of gold coins worth of business.

Grace walked over from behind Xu Jiawei.

"Hey, Manager Jin, you were right after all. This Master Xu is really interesting." Grace appeared around the corner from behind Xu Jiawei.

Jin Jian then spotted Grace at the corner: "Master Grace, so you're here. I went to your private room to look for you, but you weren't there."

"Yes, I've been spending the whole time with the little girl, and we've had a lot of fun chatting," Grace said with a smile.

Jin Jian patted his head: "I was planning to come find you guys, but it seems I don't need to, you've already met."

"Then please find us a room, we need to make medicine," Grace said.

"Okay, come with me." Jin Jian found a room, and Grace sat on the sofa.

Xu Jiawei took out an attribute mushroom from her backpack: "Sister, I really like you. This is my gift to you, you must accept it."

"I can't sell myself just to avoid spending money." Grace took out her card, intending to pay.

"Sister, I'm not asking for your favor. I just hope that even if you don't think much of me, you can still give me some pointers. My intermediate potion making is very inconsistent; I only get a few bottles of intermediate potion per batch. I don't know what the problem is."

Grace nodded and then instructed Xu Jiawei to begin preparing the medicine.

Xu Jiawei took out the crucible and made a basic recovery potion according to the recipe. She was lucky and actually produced more than ten bottles of intermediate potion after boiling this pot.

Xu Jiawei looked at Grace.

Grace frowned, looking very serious, and asked, "Who taught you how to make medicine? It sounds like you're making soup."

"I learned it on my own by reading books, is that a big problem?"

Grace was quite troubled. Was he self-taught? No wonder he didn't know that silverleaf was needed to make intermediate potions. But to be able to make intermediate potions without even adding silverleaf shows he has a pretty good talent.

"Although you have decent talent, your medicine-making methods are too unorthodox. You need to start from scratch."